2018 Eastern North Carolina Certified Crop Advisor Training
The 2018 Eastern NC Certified Crop Adviser Training will be from December 11-13, 2018 at the Johnston County Ag …
Agriculture & Food
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Yuck! Is It Polluted?
“Yuck! Is it polluted?” is a frequent question when people see our ditches and waterways with fluffy orange growths, …
What to Do After the Disaster -- Resources for the Green Industries
Many of you may have received this information. Thanks to Danny Lauderdale for the following post from his web …
UPDATED-Wilson County Beekeepers September Meeting
*****DUE TO HURRICANE FLORENCE, SEPTEMBER MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.******* Did you know you can supplement the honey flow to help …
American Community Gardening Association Annual Conference Sept 13-16 2018 Atlanta
Excellent Workshops Outstanding Tours Wonderful Networking Join us! Registration is $200 Register online A Pre-Conference Workshop with The Cornell University Lab of Ornithology “Building Meaningful …
Wilson County Beekeepers Association Monthly Meeting
Did you know there could be a menace lurking in your beehive? Want to learn how to get rid …
August 8, 2018 Eastern NC Nursery Field Day
Registration is available now for the nursery grower field day at Castle Hayne on August 8: The field day will be located at the Horticultural Crops Research Station …
Have You Seen a Diamondback?
According to Jeff Hall, Conservation Biologist with the NC Wildlife Resources Commission, sightings of Diamondback rattlesnakes are becoming much …
Wilson County Beekeepers Association Meeting
Do you have bees in an old structure? Are you curious how you remove bees from a house? If so, …
Small Scale Poultry Seminar
Small Scale Poultry Grower Regional Seminar Producing Safe, Healthy Poultry Meat, Farm to Table Thursday, May 24, 2018 NC Cooperative Extension Franklin County …
Pesticide Collection Day
Do you have old pesticides that you want to dispose of? If so, bring them to the Wilson County …
Wilson County Beekeepers Meeting, May 3
Interested in bees? Please come out to the Wilson County Agricultural Center on Thursday, May 3, 2018, at 7:00 …
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County Extension Programs
- Growing Small Farms: Sustainable Agriculture in North Carolina
- Wilson Botanical Gardens
- Wilson County Farmers Market
- Wilson County Young Farmers Association
Extension Programs at NC State University
Information Portals
- Ag BioTech
- Executive Farm Management Program
- Extension Entomology - Insect Biology and Management
- Extension Plant Pathology
- Horticulture
- Industrial Hemp
- NC Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- NC Pesticide Safety Education
- NC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
- Official Variety Testing
More Extension Programs at NC State University
- Agricultural and Human Sciences
- Agriculture and Resource Economics Extension
- Apiculture and Beekeeping
- Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Crop and Soil Sciences
- Extension Soils Program
Partnerships and Organizations
- Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS)
- NC Climate Data
- NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- NC State Climate Office
- USDA Agricultural Marketing Service
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